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California companies wrote their own gig worker law. Now no one is enforcing it

Gig companies have said that, due in part to the initiative’s earnings guarantee, workers now make more than $30 an hour. But a May study by the UC Berkeley Labor Center found that, for California ride-hailing drivers, average earnings after expenses, not including tips, is about $7.12 an hour, and for delivery workers, $5.93. With tips, drivers’ average hourly earnings are $9.09 an hour, and $13.62 for delivery workers, the study found.

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More affordable housing funds could come with new labor requirements

The carpenters have countered that the Terner Center estimates are inflated, that residential construction workers are disproportionately reliant on public safety programs and that taxpayer funding should be used not solely as a means to build more housing, but also to support and expand the labor force needed to build it.

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The cost of higher wages in California

Sen. María Elena Durazo, the Los Angeles Democrat who wrote the bill, points to data from the UC Berkeley Labor Center that anticipates how the new law could save money by helping workers avoid using public assistance. Better pay also means some relief with staffing issues, healthcare workers argue, which would benefit patients too.